Gas storage tanks, 19th century. Illustration of gasometers used to store gas for use in houses, in public lighting, and industries. Before the develo

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Gas storage tanks, 19th century. Illustration of gasometers used to store gas for use in houses, in public lighting, and industries. Before the development of natural gas supplies, the gas used was coal gas, produced from coal. Artwork from volume 3 (1874) of a republication of 'Les Grandes Usines', a multi-volume work on French industry by journalist and author Julien Turgan (1824-1887).

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